The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 21, 2076
Waning Gibbous
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:07 PM
8:18 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1893
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 185.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.1° / 341.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 41m / 21.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.08° / 2.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.18° / -2.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.68° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.